Apollo 8 Moon Photos Highlight Earth and Moon Views
The Apollo 8 crew shared color and black and white shots from their orbit, showing Earth as a blue globe behind a stark lunar landscape. Descriptions include Langrenus crater and cloud patterns over the Western Hemisphere as Borman Lovell and Anders reflect on the mission and the homecoming to Houston with families and a public reception.
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Borman
Lovell
Haney
St. Lawrence River
South America
Florida
Gulf Coast
Central American
Andes Mountains
Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Langrenus
Sea of Fertility
Time names Apollo 8 astronauts Men of the Year
Time magazine selects Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders as its 1968 Men of the Year honoring their lunar mission and the engineers and contractors who supported it. Bells rang at St Pauls Cathedral in London to mark the honor.
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Moon
Borman
Lovell
Anders
Space Center
Haney
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Yorktown
Honolulu
Air Force
Houston
Ellington
United States
Sue
Hawaii
Mrs. Borman
Time Magazine
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Charles A. Lindbergh
Time
America
Lyndon B. Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
Martin Luther King Jr
Pope John XXIII
John F. Kennedy
U.S
London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Soviets Close Door on Moon Landing Race Upgrade
Soviet spokesmen virtually concede the United States will win the race to land a man on the moon. Analysts cite multiple Russian statements timed to Apollo 8’s lunar flyby, while emphasizing unmanned lunar exploration continues.
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U.S
Gherman Titov
Washington
United States
Titov
Leonid L Sedov
la Stampa
Soviet Union
Sedov
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Moon Heroes Home
Lunar
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Marilyn
Hemis
Phere
St. Lawrenc River
Newfoundland
Tierra del Fuego
West Africa
New York
UPI
By Nicholas Daniloff
Trud
Boris N. Petrov
Soviet Council For International Cooperation
Moscow
Valery Bykovsky
Tass
Heroes OF
Apollo 8
William A. Anders
Valerie
Glen
Alan
James A. Lovell Jr
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